History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  "I Sprinted Toward the Gunman": Josh Cohen from Eyewitness History Speaks to the Former Principal of Columbine High School November 23, 2022 - 8 min
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  How a Founding Father and His Family Went From Slave Owners to Radical Abolitionists November 22, 2022 - 68 min
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  Growing Up as the Daughter of WW2 Spies November 17, 2022 - 42 min
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  Entrepreneurs in the Ancient World: From Neolithic Fashion Tycoons to Babylon’s 'Silicon Valley' Startup Founders November 15, 2022 - 49 min
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  The Abolitionist Who Was Chaplain to Black Civil War Soldiers and Started a College Burned Down by the KKK November 10, 2022 - 40 min
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  The Russian-Jewish Woman Who Voluntarily Interred Herself in a WW2 Japanese Internment Camp November 8, 2022 - 50 min
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  In 1963, A Stuttering, Nebbish Magazine Editor Negotiated a Secret Deal Between JFK and Khrushchev, Averting Nuclear War November 3, 2022 - 47 min
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  A Traumatized Civil War Vet -- Suffering Crippling Alcoholism and PTSD -- Spent 40 Years Wandering America as a Hobo November 1, 2022 - 41 min
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  The Secret Role of Japanese Americans Who Fought in the WW2 Pacific Theatre October 27, 2022 - 34 min
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  FDR’s Polio Made Him Wheelchair Bound, But Also an Incredible Orator and Strategic Mastermind October 25, 2022 - 45 min

About History Unplugged Podcast

For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questions from its audience. First, it features a call-in show where you can ask our resident historian (Scott Rank, PhD) absolutely anything (What was it like to be a Turkish sultan with four wives and twelve concubines? If you were sent back in time, how would you kill Hitler?). Second, it features long-form interviews with best-selling authors who have written about everything. Topics include gruff World War II generals who flew with airmen on bombing raids, a war horse who gained the rank of sergeant, and presidents who gave their best speeches while drunk.

Meet your Host

Scott Rank is the host of the History Unplugged Podcast and a PhD in history who specialized in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Before going down the academic route he worked as a journalist in Istanbul. He has written 12 history books on topics ranging from lost Bronze Age civilizations to the Age of Discovery. Some of his books include The Age of Illumination: Science, Technology, and Reason in the Middle Ages and History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers.. Learn more about him by going to scottrankphd.com.